- ♪ from sea to ♪ to shining sea ♪ america the beautiful ♪ from sea to shining sea john: [applause. one website found almost 5 million. in june rose another 200,000. what is going on? america has high unemployment that to her company's struggling? sandra smith looked into that. >> we went to allentown pennsylvania to a company called air products. they have over 600 job openings. it is not unreasonable to say jobs are out there and felt. many you don't have to have a college education. most of them as you do not. most just had a high-school degree. >> we hear there is no jobs in america. in that building high-paying jobs sit and they can't up to one year. >> we are actively recruiting every day. starting at $20 per hour. john: most graduates to not have the skills. >> officials love to push higher education. >> but there is another path. >> vocational schools. they get jobs. >> i am paid more than my friends. >> i just bought a car with the money i made. john: they learned technical skills in high school. >> you add many job offers? you did not go to college? >> my brother got out

- ♪ from sea to ♪ to shining sea ♪ america the beautiful ♪ from sea to shining sea >>. >> tom: afterfemale voters, women's vote is now 50/50. some say the gender gap in the presidential race is among the white male vot who should the candidates be more worried about. joining me now is author of what is the bleep just happened. monica crowley and jehmu greene. let me start with you. what happened? the president was way ahead and now it's even? >> i would actually disagree with that a bit. i do think the president is still ahead with women. it's poll to poll but at the end of the day we're seeing, it's probable a repeat of the gender gap that democratic candidates have enjoyed since 1984 or so. what this comes down to i think for women voters on tuesday is going to be which candidatehey trust the most. women can see through a lot of things that men don't necessarily see through. i think they have seen governor romney shift his position so many times, most recently seen him just blatantly lying about the auto industry and chrysler moving jobs to china. that isot a president that women v

. ♪ from sea to shining sea >> so i think he's not coming back until he's no longer in heat. >> jon:oth candidates really look pretty exhausted at this point >> try broken. two years on the campaign trail will do that to you >> try seven years. when romney started running for president who had the number one record? and the guy still won't try coffee. >> yes, jon. no matter who wins tomorrow's election, one thing is sure >> that person will be a sad, empty 'em bittered husk of a man. god bless america. >> thank you, both. jessica and aasif mandvi with the campaign. ( cheers and applause ) it's not just the candidates feeling the clock winding down. tv pundits are scrambling to get their final predictions in before tuesday >> i think mitt romney will win obama could win big this will be a squeaker e president is likely to win. >> president obama will eke it out barely >> a sizable romney victory 277-303 nail biter minnesota to go for romney obama wins romney by 3% it's too close to call. it's impossible to call >> jon: impossible? [bleep] what are you people doing there? just open you

election day from sea to shining sea. for more than half of the country, culmination of weeks and weeks, millions of votes already cast. tonight, they get counted. the very first poll closures now six hours away. hello on this election day. i'm brooke baldwin. i'm in atlanta at cnn world headquarters joined by jim acosta, live on the tarmac in cleveland, ohio. jim acosta, we are emphasizing the importance of ohio. tell me who's there today. >> reporter: that's right. we just got off the romney campaign plane, we've been covering the romney campaign for a good portion of the year and a half now. and it's all come down to election day. he's here in the state of ohio, linked up with paul ryan. you can see the romney campaign plane behind me. over my left shoulder is the ryan campaign plane. way off in the distance, vice president joe biden's plane looming on the horizon. so a picture telling a thousand words here about the battle ground state of ohio. we can report that mitt romney and paul ryan visiting a victory center, a

. ♪ from satisea to shining sea ♪ >> just fantastic. what a way to start.ing screams in the background. that's because we've got a real crowd pleaser coming. say hello to clint eastwood and his empty chair. clint's saying goes, make my day. let me tell you, that chair is making a lot of people's day on the parade route. secretary of science todd akin. he's drinking in all of the festivities. and check out romney cabinet donald trump working the crowd. he's back from another fact finding mission in kenya. don't think he found anything. oh, wow, here comes the yellow bird that they were talking about this year. of course, i'm talking about big bird. whoa. what's that in mr. romney's hand? i think he's trying to pop that bird. can't say i didn't see that one coming. what a day out here. let's see. here comes an empty float. oh, i see. all of the people on it actually self-departed. the crowd here just loves that. and i'm hearing we have a special guest along the parade route. and here's the new secretary of state, speaker gingrich. what are you guys excited ab

. >>> from the highest peak to the lowest valley, from sea to shining sea, here are today's "top linesking boots orch. >> just because we're in the valley one day does not mean we cannot ascend to the mountaintop the next. >> there was an avalanche on [ bleep ] mountain, ladies and gentlemen. >> what about florida? >> is this just math that you do as a republican to make yourself feel better or is this real? >> well, i'm buried in a mud slide. >> i have news for you, buddy, that ain't mud. >> one of the things we learned, matt, is negative politics works. >> the negative ads went on both sides. >> the previous numbers were the '04 model. >> i thought the minorities who voted in 2008 would have disappeared by now. >> they knew no boundaries when it came to lying and demonizing, slandering, smearing. >> david brooks, whose best claim to fame is drooling over obama's crease in his pants. >> this was math. it was ground game. >> mitt romney would have won last night if he had the same demographics ron 23458d reagan had. >> it was about 35 to about 12 of people whose votes were decided for

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. ♪ he told me he would ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this morning on "world news now" -- afterays of campaigning it all comes done to this. >> election day 2012. by all measures these two men still deadlocked. it is tuesday, november 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everybody. it is election day. and -- we don't know who is going to win. but we do know our names. i'm paula faris. >> good morning, everybody. happy election day, i'm rob nelson. we have been talking about this since '86, '87. >> since b.c., i believe. >> here it is. a long, long road for president obama and governor romney. today it is officially your voice, your vote. all to determine the direction of this nation for the next four years. >> we will have complete coverage of the candidates' final push to the finish line including one factor that will make this year different. talking about sandy's impact and how some new york voters will have to make do at any polling place they can find. restrictions were lifted, a good sign. we can go anywhere in state we need to. >>

two other children died in another attack sunday as israel's military steps up its assault was shining from sea and it brings the death toll in the bombardments to at least forty nine palestinians since wednesday while three israelis have died at the hands of hamas rockets over the same period policy or brings us the latest. israeli army has been stressing the point that when it carries out are targeted killings that what we witnessed in the early hours of sunday morning is the israeli air force one in a media approving in gaza city and according to palestinian sources and least six journalists have been injured in this and they to strike and also know that they were overnight strikes in northern gaza we at least two children were killed and some fifteen people injured so what we're witnessing is this increase in the civilian count despite the fact as i say the israeli army saying that it does only carry out very specific targets the i.d.f. has also confirmed that its navy is now attacking from the sea plus you have these air strikes as well as drones now on saturday was an emergency meeting of

civility council, this european contractor could really cripple lending and community banks from c to shining sea these things need to be debated in the next six months. a treasury secretary who really knows how to make things happen is the guy we need. connell: isn't it -- when you can see that it is politically difficult for the president to pick somebody, somebody with a wall street like background. >> of course there are a lot of things in this country. some very good banks like jpmorgan under jamie dimon. there are some very well run. very well managed. these are all the credentials, hopefully, that will go into the mix. that person should be able to set an agenda, have the full free hand of the president to follow that agenda and to make changes necessary. we are not growing and this is not sufficient. connell: whoever he picks whether it is lew or bowles, they will not pull back on things like dodd-frank or things like that? >> dodd-frank was passed largely by democrats alone. i have talked to democrats embers of the house and senate who do agree that there needs to be some changes. 9000 p

i do not know the united states needs to stretch from sea to shining sea. i do not see why we need to have these superhighways that go through and destroy neighborhoods, why we need to destroy neighborhoods. yeah, there is some benefit in terms of convenience and drivability and so forth. i do not know that that would not be solved in other ways through more county roads, more state roads, more private roads. again, if you go to reason, you can find a lot more people with roads that make these arguments more persuasively than i can. infrastructure case. our conservative is not here because he took public transportation. i wanted to get that out there. we did not. and we are here. >> that's right. >> i would say that d.c.'s public transportation is a disgrace. i moved here from los angeles who has a fairly decent public transportation system. bus, which of course, people of the right sort are never willing to take the bus. but the people who need public transportation take the bus. i go to lebanon all the time. and i can get from the north of lebanon to the

i do not know the united states needs to stretch from sea to shining sea.not see why we need to have -- we need to have these superhighways that go through and destroying neighborhoods, why we need to have mr. buildings that is -- master builders that destroy neighborhoods. yeah, there is some benefit in terms of convenience and drivability and so forth. i do not know that that would not be solved in other ways through more county roads, more state roads, more private roads again, if you go to reason, you can find a lot more people with a lot more expertise about toll roads and make these arguments more persuasively than i can. take an interest in infrastructure case. our conservative is not here because he took public transportation. i wanted to get that out there. we did not. and we are here. >> that's right. >> i would say that d.c.'s public transportation is a disgrace. i moved here from los angeles to has a fairly decent public transportation system. if you are willing to take the bus, which of course, people of the right sort are never willing to take

from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee ♪ ♪ across the plains of texas, from sea to shining seae at least i know i'm free ♪ ♪ and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me ♪ ♪ and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her till today ♪ ♪ because there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ ♪ god bless the usa ♪ and i'm proud an american where at least i know i'm free ♪ ♪ and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me ♪ ♪ and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her till today ♪ ♪ because there ain't doubt i love this land ♪ ♪ god bless the usa >> lee greenwood, thank you, and congratulations to proud new 30 fellow americans. we're back with much more on this very special morning on rockefeller plaza, but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free ♪ >> well, as we welcome 30 new u.s. sit sense, one of the first things they get to do it, of course, take the pledge of allegiance. >> jorge contreres, will you do me a favor and step forward, and why don't you lead your fellow americans in the pledge,

. >> the scene is set for history from sea to shining sea. america votes in two days with two views from two candidates. on this november 4th of 2012. >>> good day. welcome to "weekend with alex witt." all that plus four fresh battle ground polls and we're joining you live at 30 rockefeller center, headquarters for msnbc's campaign coverage from now until election day. and through results night tuesday. first, this day's headlines. with less than 40 hours to election day a flurry of activity already this sunday. president obama kicked off the day in new hampshire with former president bill clinton. >> so when you ask yourself the question, who is going to fight for me and bring about real change, you know that i know what real change looks like. because i fought for it alongside you. i've got the scars to prove it. i've got the gray hair to show for it. >> after wrap lg up in new hampshire, president obama heads to florida for an event with recording artist pitt bull. he ends his day in colorado with dave matthews. mitt romney kicked off this

-- bow to the shining sea and celebrate god's grace on thee i was born free i was born free i was applause] ♪ ♪ >> for years, the status quo in washington has fought us every step of the way. they spent millions trying to stop us from reforming health care and wall street. the engineered a strategy of gridlock, refusing to compromise even on ideas that republicans and democrats used to support in the past, and what they are counting on now is that you will be so worn down, so discouraged, tired of all the dysfunction that you would just give up and walk away and leave the powers that be. >> my idea that better days are ahead are not based on rhetoric but on proven results and on unshakable faith in the american spirit. if there is anyone worried that the last four years is the best we can do, if there is anyone fiers that the american dream is fading away, it there is anyone knew where is that better jobs or better paychecks are a thing of the past, i never a clear and unequivocal message. with the right leadership, america is about to come roaring back. >> watch president obama a

the commercial brainchild of department stores from sea to shining sea that amounts to valentine's dayay and a baby shower all wrapped into one big shopping bag. it puts all other holidays to shame. it's a pre-planned outburst of spending bliss. many stores started even earlier this year. opening up earlier on thanksgiving day than ever before. it's a real celebration at walmart on thursday night where the retail giant processed 10 million register transactions, ringing up 5,000 items per second. by friday morning, the walton family hawked 1.3 million televisions. 1.8 million towels. 1.3 million dolls and about 250,000 bicycles. i'm not exactly sure how much all those towels do for the economy at large, but i would say it's a pretty good four hours for walmart. they say it was the best ever. overall, though every year black friday's unapologetic celebration of commerce can't add up to annual sales, bringing retailers into the black. between black friday, small business saturday, and cyber monday, an estimated 147 million shoppers who will opened their waumts putting smiles on the faces

yell it from the mountain high i was born free i was born free i was born free i will bow to the shining seaoooh, oooh, oooh ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> we ask reporters and political analysts what they are watching for on election night. >> we have got a couple of swing counties. the nice part is one of these is the county just east of the county along the lake. they turn their results and first usually. they are pretty close. they often predict the president will look there. look in central of ohio. obviously, we will see totals across the state immediately with the early voting totals. the absentee ballots, those were sent in and processed and recorded but not tallied. it is a push of a button. at 7:31, we will get a sense of where things are immediately. that will probably, wherever that is leaning, that will largely hold as an indicator. >> for the last four years, the status quo in washington has fought us every step of the way. they spent millions trying to stop us from reforming health care and wall street. the engineered a strategy of gridlock, refusing to compromise even on id

in the words of our great him, -- hymn, let us crown our good with brother heard from sea to shining sea. it is time for me to go. goodbye and good night and god bless america. >> tonight, watch election coverage on c-span. and key senate and h ouse adn victory in concession speeches from throughout the country and your reaction by phone, e-mail, facebook, and twitter. live coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can access interactive maps. and track state ballot initiatives. >> election day is beginning to wind down. president obama has been in chicago thinking campaign workers playing his traditional collection day basketball game. mitt romney had stops in pittsburgh and cleveland before returning to boston to watch the returns in a speech to supporters. we have been speaking to reporters the last couple of days here at c-span, finding out what they think is going to happen on election night. >> we're going to see a pretty consistent pattern across the country. it will start in virginia where the polls closed at 7:00 p.m. burgeon as a contested battleground state. a relatively tight

better off under the articles of adoration and i don't know the training needs to stretch and sea to shining sea. i don't see why we need to have these massive superhighways that go through and destroyed neighborhoods, why we need to master builders like bob knows who destroys neighborhoods, in the name of progress. yeah, there's some benefit in terms of convenience and drivability and so forth. i don't know that would result in other ways through more, you know, county roads, more state roads, more private roads. again, i mean, if you go to reason you can find a lot more, people with a lot more expertise about all roads and can make these arguments more persuasively than i can. taken infrastructure case. i mean, our conservative is not here because he took public transportation, right? [laughter] want to get that out there. we didn't and we are here. and i will say that d.c. public transportation is an absolute disgrace. i just moved here from los angeles which actually has a fairly decent public transportation system that is by space. if you're willing to take the bus, which, of course, you kn

and i don't know that the united states needs to stretch from sea to shining sea.on't see why we need have these massive superhighways to go through and destroy neighborhoods in my we need to have builders like bob mosher story neighborhoods and doing so in the name of progress. but i don't know that that wouldn't be solved in other ways or more county and state roads, again, you can find a lot more people with a lot more expertise about toll roads and make these arguments more persuasively than i can. it is an interesting infrastructure case. i just want to get that out there. i will say that the public transportation in washington dc is an absolute disgrace. los angeles has a fairly decent transportation system. if you're willing to take the bus, which of course some people are willing to never take the bus. these buses that run along, some of them are licensed, i presume a lot of them are not. you know, right here in washington dc, we have this endless battle going on about the taxicab medallion system. which is just straight up public competition. transportatio

. >> bret: we have been telling you for months even though americans vote from sea to shining sea, ther president really comes down to just a handful of battleground states. so let's check in with our reporters at several of them. alicia acuna at the county clerk's office in denver, colorado. steve harrigan is in tampa, florida. steve brown is with vote counters in columbus, ohio. shannon bream at the republican watch party if des moines, iowa. good evening, shannon. >> reporter: hello, bret. well, republicans here in iowa are hoping that romney will pull off a somewhat unexpected win. there is something down ticket that could help him. in 2009, the state supreme court here legalized same-sex marriage. that motivated and mobilized conservatives and evangelical christians. they had three of the justices that signed on to the opinion removed. a fourth justice on the ballot. that is not all. control of the state senate is control by democrats. conservatives hope to win it back to give them control of the both state houses and enabling them to pass legislation to been a the same-sex marria

san (i left my heart in san francisco) sea when i come home to you, san francisco, the golden sun will shine me shine for me. >> thank you very much. >> nobody does it better than tony bennett. grant lotus is live with today's awesome celebration. >> i am at the lucky guy and it was amazing. the skies held off the the rain held off but it is drizzling. outside city hall at civic center plaza. you see they are working hard. before the rain released first to pick up. there is a love affair between the giants and the fans. they go to every game. and so many people through the bay area called out of work. 1 million people they have been here every single day. >> we have a great group of guys that enjoy playing with each other. they have a greater appreciation for baseball. thank goodness we have good players i did not think we could have a victory without world series players that are amazingly tests. the combination is this outcome that we have. >> these have been behind us and we are definitely not in here without them. we cannot think of enough. >> this is part of their journey. and we cannot

sea lanes. we had, of course, to be concerned as to whether there would be a challenge for that. we observed that the rise and shine has more energy needs for more energy than they can produce themselves, and to maintain the economic growth which they believe is essential. we observed that the south china sea is a potential source of energy supplies for china and that there is a contention among the nations in that region as to where the ownership and rights of access are to the south china sea. and this is conceivable that china might seek to reestablish its claim there by military coercion and that could lead them into a confrontation with the united states' desire to maintain free access. the best way of avoiding that military conflict is what we should see because the military conflict with china would be catastrophic for both nations, indeed for the whole region. so, we want to avoid that. i believe the best way of avoiding that is by maintaining a -- continuing to maintain a strong naval presence in the region, and by having an unambiguous commitment to doing that. i believe that our new national security str

sea! ♪ [ cheering and applause ] ♪ i've come home to you -- san francisco! ♪ [ cheering and applause ] ♪ golden sun -- will shineuse ] >> thank you very much! >> now, that's a treat! we'll have more on the trade throughout the newscast. we have you covered in case you didn't get to watch. we'll be reairing the best moments tomorrow at 9:00 and friday at 9:00. that's on comcast 193. and watch the entire celebration on kron4.com >>> san francisco police have arrested the person they say is responsible for vandalizing a muni bus on sunday after the giants won the world series. 22-year-old gregory grannis admitted to vandalizing the bus. now they are looking for two suspects who they believe are responsible for setting the bus on fire. the police chief addressed the media about the investigation today >> this kind of behavior in san francisco we will identify you, we will arrest you, we will prosecute you, and you're going to pay for it. so don't go there. >> police are analyzing the video with the hopes they can identify the two suspects. the police are crediting social media to the arrest of grannis, and they hope

francisco (i left my heart in san francisco) above the blue and widy sea,,, sea when i come home to you, the gold in the sun, will shine for me. golden sun will shine for me! >> thank you very much. if he fell >> nobody does it better. howard news crews were scattered all along the parade routes. >> our whose crews and tough justine >> the giants fans could not wait to get this done. >> we could not wait. >> how is the elbow? >> they got into their victory chariot signing countless autographs with dozens of interviews. >> catching our breath after road just what happened. two-seat the defense is just blows you away. to see defens to see the fans. >> this is what a child wants to see who would like to be a professional baseball player. >> it is humbling. >> to be able to celebrate a championship with the this is city everything is so passionate. everybody is so passionate and they are knowledgeable we can feel that every night when a play at at&t park. today was fun. as we get to celebrate a little bit. >> the fans were screaming at the top of their lungs when the parade started. the ticker tape and the world series cha

my love waits there in san francisco ♪ ♪ high on the hill and windy sea ♪ ♪ when i come home to you san francisco golden sun will shine >>> unfortunately there were flare-ups near the giants parade. one man is in critical condition tonight after he and another man were shot near the civic center. it happened on levin worth street as the giants celebration was wrapping up. when police arrived they found two young men with gunshot wounds. both were wearing giants colors. the gang task force has been called in to investigate. >> it was a picture scene all over media, a man vandalizing a muni bus after the giants won. that man has a mug shot. last night police arrested 22-year-old gregory granits for felony vandalism. the photo generated tips, this one identifying him as the man in the photo smashing the window of the bus. the bus was later set on fire. his mother told the chronicle she is not sure if it's her son but if it is perhaps he got caught up in the moment. she added her son has never been in trouble before. >> they contain the evidence for rape cases bought backlog of so called rape kits. keeping alleged rapists

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